Well, they are banned in many places - but they do make better pets than dogs, quite often.  It does of course depend on your definition of better and pet, I guess but were I to consider sharing my home with anything else other than my fellow large mammals then I think I would consider these guys.  gives us the low down on these possible pets - and of course we're not going to tell you what animals he is writng about - you have to read his article by clicking the READ MORE HERE link!